Chabot: Help get us a rhino

3:01 PM,
May 24, 2013

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The Enquirer

U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Westwood, has asked for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's help in getting the Indonesian government to send one or more Sumatran rhinos to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden so the critically endangered animals can stave off extinction.

In a letter sent to Kerry on Wednesday, Chabot noted that the survival of the species is at stake, with as few as 100 animals remaining in the wild. Cincinnati is one of two places in the world where the rhinos have successfully bred in captivity. The other is in ...